To think my neighbour should not have kept my parcel for 2 MONTHS

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Coming out of my front door on Saturday and meet a neighbour from about 5 doors down. I don't know her at all, but see her with her little dog quite a bit ie we both know we live near each other. I work from home so am in and out quite a bit.

She piped up, "oh I think I might have a parcel for you, number 20 right?" since I was stepping out of the door which has a 20 on it, this didn't take much intelligence

She scuttled off and came back with a parcel addressed to my son which the postie had attempted to deliver at the end of March.

She said she had knocked once and as I wasn't in, just kept it.

Granted the postie didn't leave a note through my door, and that's not her fault, but really??? 2 MONTHS? It was a birthday present for my son's 18th from my brother. We thought he'd decided not to do presents any more.

Who forgets they have someone's parcel for months though?!

She would have assumed you had a card - it's unusual not to get one.

It's the opposite round here. These days it's worth celebrating when you do get a card.

To the extent that I now make alternative arrangements for parcels, such as click and collect, etc.

Two issues here, 1) the postie/delivery driver should have left a card, and 2) the brother could have let OP know to expect it, hen it ciould have been followed up sooner.

Some of your posts aren't highlighted OP. Which is probably why some of us missed them.

A neighbour who kindly takes in your parcel does not also have to deliver it to you

I can top that I had a neighbour who denied having it. Then double checked with the delivery company went back round and they hadn't it over not before they'd opened it to check whether it was worth having.

How can anyone take a parcel in and forget it? Where do you put it?

I can't wait to get rid of parcels I take in for my neighbours, I just don't have space and storage.

littlefurrysheep Mon 22-May-17 21:04:44

A neighbour who kindly takes in your parcel does not also have to deliver it to you

But as OP didn't know the parcel was coming, and as there was no card put through the door to let her know, she was in no position to go and collect, was she?